Thread: YES to Bi-Bi
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Old 12-02-2007, 06:41 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jillio View Post
Funny.....St. Rita must have changed a lot since my son attended. When he was there, all the teachers and staff were fluent, and they were rated 2nd in the nation on literacy rates. Eight-six percent of the St. Rita graduates also went on to college. Did you attend St. Rita, or just visit? We have another poster who is a graduate of St. Rita, as well.

Bi-bi is a rtaher new concept in educaiton of the deaf. While I agree that it is definately the most promising thing to come along for awhile, very few programs are in existence. Right now it is more of a philosophy than a methodology.
I am mainstreamed. St. Rita's philosophy is total communication, and the standards for bilingualism have apparently gone way down. "English is often a second language for Deaf students." Well, then why the Hell do you teach using signed/spoken English (SimCom)? I think it was BiBi before but the admin is hearing now...you know what that means...ASL, out; English in.
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